Since 1999, ACA has been a pioneer in conserving Amazonian forests. Its founding program provided support for Brazil nut harvesters in Peru, as an incentive for protecting the forest. ACA also established Peru’s first conservation concession in 2001. The Los Amigos Conservation Concession comprises 360,000 acres of the lower Los Amigos watershed, as a buffer for world-famous Manu National Park. ACA’s Los Amigos Biological Station has become one of the most active research centers in the Amazon. Then in 2005, ACA created Peru’s only permanent research center focused on Andean cloud forest ecology and management.
ACA has offices in Washington, DC. Our projects in Peru are implemented by our partner organization, ACCA (Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica), and in Bolivia, ACEAA (Asociación para la Conservación e Investigación de Ecosistemas Andino Amazónicos).